Finally! Starship's Second Starbase Launch Tower Rises! - SpaceX Weekly

Wasting no time following last week's launch, SpaceX is back in "Full Send" mode and working around the clock. With a new crane arriving and the pile cap getting placed for the next launch tower, crews are pushing forward with construction of the next launch complex. Meanwhile, with stacking of Booster 15 in full swing, crews begin stripping Ship 30 of its TPS tiles following an engine swap.
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[@NonSensewithnosense]

Your one weekly episode is enough to get so much about starbase .

[@trevorpickup3820]

Good job, no bull just very factual. Great channel.

[@LabPadre]

Glad you think so!

[@karlwest437]

Must be a civil engineer's dream working there, they get stuff built so quickly

[@primordial_platypus]

I’d be interested in knowing the monthly construction spend and how many construction workers are employed. Do they have to have any specialized construction knowledge?

[@Anmeteor9663]

I much prefer Louis's style and accent to any of the others even after seven years of watching his channels. He sticks to the facts with no added fluff or self aggrandisement like the other channels.

[@59seank]

Thanks LabPadre team. I look forward to your videos every week!

[@LabPadre]

Our pleasure!

[@uuzd4s]

No word salad here trying to sell rehashed SpaceX news. Always informative, always setting the bar for other channels covering Boca Chica. Thanks to Mr. Padre and Crew for their diligence ! 😊

[@LabPadre]

Most welcome!

[@thotmorgana]

Yeahh I agree, I love this to the point style of video. I don't have to skip through a ton of parts all the time.

[@Liberty4Ever]

I love the launches and flight test videos but the impressive construction of new infrastructure is the unsung hero of SpaceX that LabPadre covers so well. These are great behind-the-scenes views of SpaceX development that will be valuable to future aerospace historians.

[@arnoldsmith5754]

thanks for the great update

[@LabPadre]

You bet!

[@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

What I love about SpaceX is that they waste zero time getting things done...They formulate an idea, and put it into practice...no bureaucracy and endless meetings. Its mainly why they've been able to advance the technology as much and as quickly as they have. NASA would still be having 10 meetings a day about various aspects of the new launch tower, and then putting forth proposals for bidding, waiting for bids, picking a winner, holding a press conference to announce the winning bidder, then more meetings with the contractor to put forth more ideas and changes to the design, and it would be 2040 before the first piling was driven into the ground...

[@tbounds4812]

also they don't need to waste time with mega secrecy like blue origin

[@tjkaz5419]

Patio umbrella on the lift . Brilliant . Why wait for design , fabrication , dellivery.

[@craneman2201]

great recap! especially the cc8800 and towerparts

[@LabPadre]

Thanks!

[@charleslord2433]

(Whew!) Just when you thought that SpaceX could speed up any faster...😲

[@SpaceCoalition]

Good update thanks

[@LabPadre]

You bet!

[@markschroter2640]

I would be willing to bet that the next tower is almost exclusively used as a catch tower for the near to mid term.

[@TheMoneypresident]

Until the next olm is built anyway

[@just_archan]

Exactly. Initially as catch tower, and in meantime second Olm

[@EaglePicking]

That would make a lot of sense indeed.

[@emmeXXtreme]

Also further to the fuel farm which makes sense

[@gigachad2018]

nope its a olit with a olm i.e its the second launch tower

[@DIYDumpRat]

That black mystery thing is an Arcade machine 👍

[@justineandrieux9256]

Bonjour de France 👍😉

[@DanielRichards644]

Mystery Object, maybe a Ship QD Hood?

[@spacemanmat]

I was going for stealth toilet since they took it to the restroom building.

[@petitpoucet100]

Incredible work! Thanks a lot for sharing those videos!

[@LabPadre]

Glad you like them!

[@mdbboyd]

Items moving along Highway 4 look big. Then they arrive at the launch site and suddenly look tiny. It's all relative! It took my breath away seeing the size of the launch tower when I visited from 🇬🇧 last year about a month after IFT-1.

[@ESowder24]

Seems like the new crane needs more parts than the actual launch tower !😂

[@erickdanielsson6710]

Thank You for The Weekly updates!!! I need to visit Boca Chica again...

[@LabPadre]

You should!

[@MrKellymcilrath]

Thanks for another great SpaceX Weekly Update Lab Padre. Also thank you and all your staff for all the hard work you all do to make this happen every week! You allways seam to catch something the others don't, thank you again!

[@LabPadre]

Our pleasure!

[@MrKellymcilrath]

@@LabPadre Thank you so much!

[@joegrcar6677]

From what. you say that mystery item must be some kind of fancy bathroom fixture. LOL.

[@arthurcarty5645]

By FAR the best weekly summary...Thanks so much!

[@LabPadre]

Wow, thanks!

[@Randomvid-q1s]

Good video

[@LabPadre]

Glad you enjoyed

[@olegoathiking1962]

Precise and concise! Thanks, LabPadre!

[@LabPadre]

Thanks for watching!

[@wkjeeping9053]

Launch base will be cool to see if it was redesigned

[@TroyRubert]

It's going to be quite the sight when the 8800 is fully assembled.

[@LabPadre]

Cant wait to see it rise!

[@kevinmerrell9952]

New (old) Missile Command game for workers taking breaks.

[@skunkworks1]

Thanks Lab team these updates are priceless

[@LabPadre]

Thanks for watching!

[@palindromic7873]

Great! Another tower. I'm sure EM knows more about towers than anyone alive.

[@tilmerkan3882]

SpaceX shows Hollywood how the fabrication of a next gen spaceship would look like, in case of an emergency asteroid deflector mission (or something like that).

[@just_archan]

Underground massive hangars under the lake are more sexy😂😂😂. And OFC place with supercomputer that have massive holographic table and computers have a lot of blinking lights..

[@tbounds4812]

you just know that when an asteroid comes spacex will be doing the most to avoid it

[@just_archan]

@@tbounds4812 I know that, you know that, everyone with any interest in Rocketry knows that, Hollywood would happily ignore is🤣🤣

[@maxivy]

Thank you so much for the great vid

[@LabPadre]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alexandergraham2197]

Another brilliant update . Lots of negative shite on KZbin from others . So only Lab for me . Keep up the good work and many thanks for all you do .

[@LabPadre]

Thanks!

[@tarozama2666]

Amazing

[@LabPadre]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@RaisinDog]

The optics are put. Wow

[@contestvoter]

The trucks hauling detention water show the lawsuit against SpaceX for water pollution to be without merit.

[@just_archan]

Ehhh... Forget it. Those NGOs are hell bent against SpaceX. They are ideologically driven. They will fill every lawsuit they can, justified or not. They just hate Musk. Look at recent lawsuits, from Delaware. Additionally, expect some lunatics that will protest in near future. Probably only thing that prevented those protests was south Texan weather and bugs

[@Liberty4Ever]

I wondered about the trucks pumping water out of the catchments for the flame deluge. The water can't be that dirty. SpaceX should be able to spray it onto the ground to evaporate, or filter it into large tanks to reuse it. Almost certainly some self-important government regulator making aerospace more difficult and expensive than it should be.

[@tomasf.748]

Cambios Una de las características de SpaceX es su constante evolución. Hasta el momento no se ha detenido sino que continúa evolucionando no importando las grandes inversiones en prototipos que han funcionado a la perfección. Mientras evoluciona y aumenta sus tamaños y diámetros; los anteriores se van quedando obsoletos. Pero si les dijera que estos prototipos tienen una segunda oportunidad para seguir siendo útiles y hasta mejorados!!! Que les parece un pequeño adapté aquí y otro allá? Los sistemas V1 tienen 9 metros de ancho, los V2 tendrán 12 o 15, no se. Y posiblemente los V3 tendrán más diámetro. Y si les dijera que un booster de V2 puede utilizarse con una Starship de V1 aparte de su Starship V2 para lo que será construido. Y así el V3 podrá lanzar Starships V1 y V2 aparte del V3 para lo que será necesario. Y como esto es posible? Simple: conexiones cónicas, en su parte inferior el diámetro o ancho del V2 y V3 y en su parte superior los diámetros de V1 y V2 dependiendo de la necesidad. Inclusive podrían tener un adapte para las Falcón Heavy. Será posible que todos esos prototipos que han funcionado puedan darnos mayor utilidad? O es que no se acuerdan del diseño de las naves de las misiones Apollo? Dónde están esas mentes brillantes?

[@darthex0]

Wow.

[@80aj]

Great channel. I'm not sure why though you guys have to insist on the click bait headlines. Launch Tower rises? Not quite.

[@LabPadre]

Thanks but....It is rising though.

[@sherriking7917]

Wonderful ti hear/listen to this, no big elaboration or BS, just facts, so very refreshing !!!! Keep it up, well done !!

[@LabPadre]

Many thanks!

[@Egidio1965]

Buen dia a todos, tengo una pequena pregunta: donde se pueden encontrar modelos de starship en plastico? Hay quien fabrica? Mil gracias por qualquiera informacion.

[@ESowder24]

Still no word on why spacex had to abort the falcon 9 launch ?

[@lanimulrepus]

Best review... No soggy under-crust, like some of the other websites have...

[@johnforman2264]

Side topic: I’ve been wondering from the start why the shorter chopsticks for tower 2? Is it possible they will use tower 2 as a primary launching tower and tower 1 as the primary launching & catching? I’m not saying tower 2 has too short of arms to catch, but they might be?.?. It seems they will need as much length as possible to catch a booster or ship.?.? Any thoughts out there to my input? Or has someone already learned why they designed the shorter chopsticks?

[@captbad9313]

Space X , terms of employment, when working, Run, don't walk.

[@Roarmeister2]

Can anyone answer these questions: SpaceX has already said that Starbase factory in Texas will build all the spacecraft but Florida will become the working flight launch site with Starbase relegated to flying prototypes. Since Launch Pad 39a is going to have 2 towers constructed for launching Super Heavy, how do they intend to ship the booster and starship over to Florida from Texas? By truck? By rail? By barge? In pieces with final assembly in Florida? If so then they need to build an assembly building. If shipping full size components, are they shipped horizontally or vertically? These things are huge and MUCH larger than a Falcon 9. Regardless of the shipping method, they will require additional testing to ensure that nothing got broken during the transport to the site. What kind of testing facilities will be built in Florida?

[@Spectator1959]

The coolest method would be to launch them in Texas and land them in Florida. I fear it’s unlikely, but would be very Elon-zen… the best barge is no barge.

[@jeremydeck9829]

Space x should just paint there boosters black….

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

Alot are asking is it to early to catch a booster ? And risk damaging the tower or is it booster suicide if there was an anomaly like elon stated !

[@djohnson4274]

I love your video! No "fluff" - you tell us what happened and that's it. Thank You!

[@LabPadre]

You are so welcome!

[@robert-brydson-1]

I'll be a liiiiitle disappointed if the new OLM looks exactly the same as the old one

[@just_archan]

I.. don't think that we will be able to notice differences, as those will be probably in small details.

[@davidlindsey4237]

the rise of the 2 towers'........ lord of ring nerds will understand its been fore told

[@atptourfan]

Absolutely the best, most complete weekly review of activity at Starbase.

[@LabPadre]

Wow, thanks!

[@maximustitan8171]

What took spaceX to get thing done in a few months. Nasa took 10 years lol

[@menotyou1234]

Keep thrusting, balls to the wall, ask the correct questions..!

[@Hellmood_CZ]

twin towers 😍

[@stephankleen556]

The mystery item is a personal toilet for Elon.

[@LabPadre]

😄

[@gbreslin6635]

The complementary technology that Musk has created is unbelievable. Battery powered devices filling in every requirement.

[@VitpilenJpn]

Although the content is good, I think you are missing out by the monotonous reading style. If you could take inspiration from NSF and WAI and hire a narrator, you would gain more viewers.

[@chrisb8783]

I think the narration is fine.

[@contestvoter]

I dropped NSF because they went from the days of Bocachicagal to excess theatrics. js

[@therealjamespickering]

I don't have any issue with the narration. As far as American accents go, it's pretty inoffensive, and definitely not monotonous. At least he's intelligible. 😂

[@LabPadre]

😂

[@gmarie701]

Wrong, wrong and very wrong. The NasaSpaceFlight channel has become basically unwatchable with all their PC, woke, fake accent, immature and ignorant children narrators now ruining about half of their otherwise excellent videos. This narration is the best covering SpaceX, with the exception of Elysia Segal at NSF.

[@iwayini]

Great update. Thank you

[@LabPadre]

Our pleasure!